Adult Rove beetle
Mar 15, 2013 18:43:26 #
Mar 15, 2013 19:55:09 #
Mar 15, 2013 22:26:37 #
Your critter is an adult rove beetle. The wings are folded beneath the very short elytra that you can see just behind the thorax. It may be in the genus Ontholestes, but I'm not well versed on this group at lower taxonomic levels.
Rove beetles don't bite or sting but their blood contains a toxin that causes rather severe irritations and blistering if the skin is exposed to the body fluid.
Nice pix.
Rove beetles don't bite or sting but their blood contains a toxin that causes rather severe irritations and blistering if the skin is exposed to the body fluid.
Nice pix.
Mar 16, 2013 10:51:09 #
gym wrote:
thanks guys,jim thanks for the I D and info.tomYour critter is an adult rove beetle.
Mar 17, 2013 20:20:32 #
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